Of Ghosts, Boots, Stuff and Canvas Bags
I’m afraid of ghosts but I like to think that if I was a ghost, I would not be afraid of boots. This a picture of a boot that a coworker of mine found in her wall during a renovation here in Portland. Apparently, there is an old superstition (18th, 19th century, maybe older) that…
The Great Fire: How Hot Was It In There?
On July 4, 1866, Portland, Maine experiences the biggest urban fire in America to date. Almost 2,000 buildings go to the ground and 10,000 people lose their homes in the space of a day. There’s nothing like it in America until the Great Chicago Fire which will come seven years later. The Portland Fire is…